Why is it OK for the Bush Admin to use secret evidence against suspected terrorists.?

Question

An American captured or detained in another country could be treated the same way. This is how I would expect some one in Stalinist Russia to be handled.

Answer 1

Indicting someone without him having access to the evidence against him is nothing but lynch justice. "Military commissions" and the laws enabling them is nothing but a vehicle for pseudo-legality. It has nothing to do with what this country stands for and has nothing to do with humane treatment.
If they have nothing to hide, then why not try them in the open. I think that is the same argument the cons use to justify the wiretapping of America by the Bush junta.

Our (formerly known as great) nation is at the brink of fascism and we will continue to slide down the evolutionary slope until the Bush junta is stopped.

Answer 2

Terrorists commit acts of war...not crimes. There's a big difference and they're handled by a completely different set of law and rules.

Within the United States' criminal justice system, even Adolf Hitler would have been found not guilty of murder because he never actually "pulled the trigger."

The United States Constitution was written primarily for peaceable civilians upon US real estate. It is not designed to adjudicate foreign nationals captured on the battlefield.

Answer 3

cry babies , go put your head back in the sand or better yet just go give those that would willingly cut your freaking head off a big ol hug cry about what bush is doing i got news for you he's doing what every other prez has dont sinse washington , look what Lincoln did oh maybe that would take to damn much effert to look into im tired of you mindless zombies all you do is spoit the same old blah blah blah none of you have any ideas all you want to do is cut and run and hope the bad guys just go away well there not gunna go away unless we capture or kill them so get over it

Answer 4

Because the President of the United States is the most powerfull man in the world. Who cares about the captured terrorist anyway!

Answer 5

Because a lot of people on answers don't understand that THEY CAN BE HELD BY THE SAME RULES FOR THE SAME REASON.

So they don't care. They don't realize that their kids could be held and tortured in secret CIA prisons or by the NSA, that Fema could suspend their constitutional rights.

They don't realize that they are just fodder for the government guns once a state of emergency is implemented, or martial law is declared.

Answer 6

It is NOT ok...but we are asleep at the wheel people. The masses do not choose to question and investigate things. We are too busy running the rat race and watching the VMA's to care. It is truly sad and as with any empire when it falls it will fall hard. I dread the day but I fear if we don't get involved in our own country's politics on a Federal/State and City level....we are all going to get screwed.

Answer 7

I'm thinking because we're in a war! Trust me, Russia would not be nice if they held you for any reason. Spend a little time in a Mexican jail for a while and tell me how they treated you.

Answer 8

It's not okay. But as the so called 'war on terror' is largely bogus it much more convenient for the fascists who hide under a cloak of democracy to pursue their agenda.

Answer 9

Get real.....if you had people living next to you that you suspected as terrioist, would you go up to them and ask them? Evidence has to be collected in secret.....We are not living in a safe world any more. I would have nothing to hide, would you?

Answer 10

wake up and smell the coffee.these people are trying to kill you.
what is it going to take to convince you?a low level nuclear device in your town?biological weapons?poison gas?
i am much more concerned about my life than some terrorists rights.
this is war my naive friend!